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| Understanding Specialty Pharmacy Is Key to Containing Cost |
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Jan. 13, 2012
As previously reported in RxBenefit Insights, the specialty pharmaceutical market has grown substantially over the last decade. With the increasing number of patients using specialty drugs and the increasing number of specialty drugs approved for more common conditions, cost containment is a top concern for patients and plan sponsors.
To ensure our partners are educated on this timely industry topic and offer informed recommendations, the Serve You Speakers Bureau features a highly popular Specialty Pharmacy 101 presentation. This 50-minute professional development program provides an overview on:
- Specialty landscape, including market overview, drug trends, current challenges and long-term challenges
- Management of specialty drugs, unique practices and benefit design considerations
- Specialty pharmacy services; cost management, coordination of benefits and utilization management; and high-touch services such as compliance and disease management programs
- Future of specialty pharmacy
What’s more, this course is approved for 1 CE credit in Wisconsin, Iowa, North Carolina, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
In October, Serve You clinical pharmacist Debra Echlin, Pharm.D., CGP, presented Specialty Pharmacy 101 to a group of employers, benefits managers, TPAs, PBMs, reinsurers, MGUs, brokers, agents and consultants attending the 2nd Annual Self-Funding Employer Healthcare and Workers Compensation Conference, in Schaumburg, Illinois.
“Recent surveys confirm that there is a broad lack of awareness and gaps in knowledge about specialty pharmacy and specialty drugs,” Echlin explains. “Attendees to the Specialty Pharmacy 101 program were very engaged and eager to learn, asking informative questions, and leaving with key points, considerations and next steps to address in their own practices regarding specialty pharmacy and benefit design.”
To learn more about Specialty Pharmacy 101 or schedule a presentation, contact your Serve You Account Manager. Additional information about the Serve You Specialty Drug Program and how to manage the increasing cost of specialty drugs is also available from your Account Manager and accessible on The Serve You Toolbox.
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